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Sun, Mar 28, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 92% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ031806117
DET1701438429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 10:40DETEvgeny SvechnikovAssists: Darren Helm, Christian Djoos · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:25CBJJack RoslovicAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Cam Atkinson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:51DETMichael RasmussenGWGAssists: Robby Fabbri, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:31DETFilip HronekENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:52DETVladislav NamestnikovENAssists: Anthony Mantha, Patrik Nemeth · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 4:12DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:12CBJJack Roslovic: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:12DETAnthony Mantha: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 2:51CBJMax Domi: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJDET
17Shots on goal29
1.2Expected goals4.2
44Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won22
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
31Hits18
12Blocked shots20
2Giveaways3
2Takeaways3

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Bjorkstrand – Roslovic6:09

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Atkinson – Roslovic – Laine5:41

    xG 0.07–0.10 (40%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Domi – Stenlund5:27

    xG 0.08–0.12 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. MacInnis – Stenlund – Robinson2:31

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Savard – Gavrikov16:25

    xG 0.41–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Carlsson13:59

    xG 0.43–0.90 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 1–2

  3. Jones – Werenski20:50

    xG 0.29–1.09 (21%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Glendening – Erne9:13

    xG 0.63–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Fabbri – Zadina12:09

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Namestnikov – Mantha4:11

    xG 0.16–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Mantha – Svechnikov2:31

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Hronek16:54

    xG 1.22–0.22 (85%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Merrill16:57

    xG 0.96–0.18 (84%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Nemeth – Merrill3:44

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

DET 4.2 xGCBJ 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #579 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 92% of the time.

DET winsCBJ wins

Simulated goal difference (DET − CBJ), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).